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He was just a 14-year-old kid from the Bronx, but he captured footage of one of the biggest movie stars of all time at the height of her powers. The year was 1955 and teenager Peter Mangone was so obsessed with Marilyn Monroe, he skipped school in hopes of spotting her near the hotel in Manhattan where she was staying after her divorce from...

 

 

A British photographer has won the title of "Travel Photographer of the Year" for what contest organizers describe as his captivating images of "wet, miserable, dank weather."

How very British of him!

Seriously though, Craig Easton's visually compelling images (such as the first image below) won the Cutty...

 

 

As a working photographer, I have met the king of rock and roll, the king of Norway, and other royalty. Yet I never imagined that there was a king (or queen, for that matter) of photography. Certainly, no one ever called Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Avedon or even Annie Leibovitz that. So who is this king of...

Big, bulky cameras aren't for everybody. You don't need chunky, SLR-like styling to get interchangeable-lens versatility, and some of us are more than happy to forgo a few features for street shooter anonymity. Back in 2011, Samsung answered that need, dropping the electronic viewfinder from the then-flagship NX11, and creating the...

 

 

So much for the demise of brick-and-mortar photo print shops. Polaroid plans to launch 10 brand new retail stores in 2013 that will be dedicated to helping consumers print their digital images from smartphones and other devices.

The company will open the first such retail location, called Polaroid Fotobar, in...

The once-dominant CompactFlash card format has been largely pushed aside in modern digital cameras, but there's one form factor in which it's still reasonably common: digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras, particularly higher end models aimed at professional use. It's precisely this market that Japan's Toshiba Corp. is focusing on...

 

 

Satellite images of earth never cease to amaze. The folks at DigitalGlobe -- one of the world's leading providers of satellite imagery -- know this more than most people. In 1993, the company was given the first federal license to privately operate a satellite system to capture high-resolution digital images of the...

 

 

Cuddly house cats and their ferocious, jungle cousins aren't really that different. As evidence, check out the super slow motion video below comparing a black leopard to a black domestic cat and watch for all the feline similarities.

The video was captured with a Phantom camera, capable of shooting up to 2500...

Are you an iPhone 5 owner and a fan of out-of-the-box thinking? If so, you're doubtless going to love the new Cycloramic app from Atlanta-based Egos Ventures.

Sure, it isn't the world's most practical creation, but Cycloramic is a real attention-grabber. It lets you capture panning videos by using your phone's hardware in a way Apple...

Over the last few years, high dynamic range photography has become an increasingly common, built-in tool in both fixed-lens and interchangeable-lens cameras. Unfortunately, most existing HDR modes also have some pretty significant drawbacks. Multi-shot HDR modes typically don't handle moving subjects well -- in fact, many can't correct...

 

 

Here are some amazing photos to get you in the winter spirit. They're images of giant snow "crop circles" created by artist Simon Beck, who makes them at the Les Arcs ski resort in France by meticulously trampling out geometric patterns with his snow shoes.

The snowy creations can take the 54-year-old Beck...

 

 

Photography is about solving problems, and the other night I faced a slew of them. I live next door to Pézenas, France, which was planning to celebrate the completion of redevelopment work on its historic center with a live performance by a circus aerial act. At the end of the show, the troupe of fearless...

 

 

As we wind down our lens reviews of 2012, we take a close look at a lens designed for close up looking: the Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro. As a micro four-thirds lens, it offers an effective field of view of 120mm and a full 1:1 reproduction ratio, all encased in a small and light package.  Click here to read our full...

For 36-year old Nicholas Woodman, founder of action camera brand GoPro, 2012 is coming to an end on a pretty spectacular high. He's just sold an 8.9% stake in eponymously-named Woodman Labs -- the company behind the GoPro badge -- to Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry for a whopping US$200 million. In the process, he's confirmed his net...

 

 

It's been called one of the most influential digital SLRs of all time, and Canon isn't ready to officially declare it dead just yet.

While all signs point to the four-year-old Canon EOS 5D Mark II being finally put out to pasture, including what appears to be a discontinued notice (in Japanese) for the camera on...

Last September, Pentax announced no less than five new optics that together cover every single current lens mount in its lineup, but of these one was particularly eyecatching. The HD PENTAX D FA 645 Macro 90mm F2.8 ED AW SR lens is extremely unusual by medium format lens standards, because it includes image stabilization. (And the image...

Aptina and Toshiba both recently announced speedy new image sensors that should begin appearing in imaging devices in the coming year.

Aptina's latest developments are the AR0835 and AR0835HS, a pair of 1/3.2"-type, 8-megapixel, backside illuminated CMOS sensors capable of full-resolution 16:9 readout at 60 frames per second. Since...

Continuing our light, animal-themed holiday photo posts, here's something for all the cat lovers out there. Last month we shared seven perfectly timed photos of humans doing crazy things and now here are seven perfectly timed photos showing off the wonders of the feline world.

The below images were culled from 25 perfectly timed cat photos posted on BuzzFeed.

If you...

 

 

Remember the lioness we told you about last month who seemed to enjoy munching on a Canon 5D Mark II? Well, check out this black bear who seems to be enjoying taking photographs with a Nikon digital SLR.

The Nikon camera belongs to wildlife photographer Dean Swartz who had this to say about seeing his DSLR taken...